in the pipeline ruptures the state john poised to become the world's largest oil producer as a massive industrial deal enters negotiations. a massive car blast rocks the lebanese capital beirut killing at least eight and injuring dozens one expert tells r t it could be the syrian conflict spilling over into neighboring countries. anti-government protests gathered pace in bahrain with fresh rallies taking place this friday despite a police judicial crackdown that's now seen four arrested for simply writing on twitter.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r t today i am a real researcher and live in moscow the title of the world's biggest listed to oil and gas giant could soon be held up by a new company russia's state owned or sniffed is looking to see all of multibillion dollar mega deal with british russian joint venture b.p. these details now to r.t. sara. if forward this to you would become the second biggest agreement in the history of oil business is at this point to get britain based b.p.'s fifty percent stake in t.n. k b p russia's third biggest oil producer he said it's still an equal also is also being made to the full russian billionaires who own the other half that t.i.n.k. be asset the whole deal will come in at a whopping sixty billion dollars and it will make routes that. if the world's

biggest oil producer making it an incredibly dominant player of the russian lucky they would be set then to be able to see some of its plans in the sea. think exploration and the like now in the last days there's been a scandal brewing when one of the senior this ills with detained by russian police is a key it is selling off positions it is the state agency i know it's not thought likely by the people we've been speaking to that will in any way hamper this deal this go ahead certainly he still is on the table right now nothing yet scientists say are they looking pretty likely that that is going to go ahead sir for reporting more on what could be the deal of the century what do you mean for the world of business as well there's some facts and figures are needed on this potential agreement all that information soon with peter or. just how a rose never going to be able to afford this multibillion dollar deal join me in a few moments time i'll be having

a look at one of the ways in which they're looking to raise a bit extra capital. a massive car blast through the center of the lebanese capital beirut killing at least eight people and injuring dozens the explosion took place during rush hour and the number of casualties is expected to rise sharply mark almond or historian visiting professor of international relations of bill kent university says the blast might very well be rooted in the violence raging in neighboring syria it's possibly an internal and lebanese. criminal act just threw something at my feet in but the most likely explanation is that it's linked to the syrian crisis to look asian with a bomb that went off very close to it in syria. and. iran you know what we're seeing is what. yesterday the. extension of the conflict in syria signed the church i'm sure and it's not just this is a kind of natural process. total absolute various groups over the borders of syria

lebanon it's also in the interests of warm side to really international crisis with your position has been constant all the international assistance and international attention and the more he is that neighbors of syria seem to be stable as for the inside syria then of course the easier it is going to some kind of international intervention must come about in order to preserve the peace. but on is not the only country in the region affected by the syrian conflict turkey's that military once again has fired into syria in response to two shells landing on its territory this is the latest border incident between the two countries with tension between ankara and damascus certainly remaining at a dangerous level so he has been carrying out strikes against syria since a stray shell from across the border killed five civilians in a turkish town earlier this month damascus claims its fighting rebels using a safe haven on the border accusing turkey of openly supporting them and supplying

arms and more and how relations between the two are teetering on the brink of war impede lavelle's cross talk next hour an artsy. now bunnie walid in libya the extreme hold of the late colonel gadhafi is in flames again it's just a year now after the dictator's death and the nato led military operation there libya's army and a loyal militia are trying to clear out supporters of the old regime and as laid siege to the town for the last two weeks. the former m i five agent believes it was clear during the nato campaign in two thousand and eleven that the country was set to descend into chaos. or how brutal an all decent. you can be instantly

he did provide a certain degree of stability and general quality of life to the vast majority of our he was very much of the idea of spreading the wealth around so that people had a difficult life and he yes he could but that very strange allowed him to get a disparate try and compete with religious secular groups in the here and by taking away that that control the natives the roughly removed any centralized power into the people so now you know this nation was always going to the next i don't have competing facts you happen to agree and this is you have a country which is one of the such groups and many of them angry young men. and you're going to have a problem. the cia wants to significantly expand its fleet of drones and is pressing the white house to give it the green light it would allow the agency to sustain or even increase the strikes abroad particularly those in pakistan but the news comes just

a day after the pakistani interior minister quoted statistics suggesting eighty percent of people killed in u.s. drone attacks have been civilians. three hundred strikes more than two thousand were killed parties are going to go into the bloody history of drone operations in pakistan. they don't even come the hover overhead with an incessant buzz the watch they see and they kill. dozens of deaths all the name of security of the united states there are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered three thousand americans they are plotting to strike again this precise claim of self-defense in the face of the ever present terror danger has been in the works for over eight years now more than three hundred drone attacks in the tribal administrative areas located on the border between afghanistan and pakistan have taken according to different estimates between two and three. thousand lives the problem however isn't just with quantity as it is

still unclear whether those killed are actually terrorists the americans themselves often don't know who they've hit and there's huge discrepancy over the focus. that we follow and find out that a lot more civilians are being killed but these are the people that the americans don't tell you about and then they actually caught these people over a circular by scholars from new york and stanford university is found that approximately two percent of the total number of deaths were actually terrorists. among the remaining several thousand victims of the drones hundred seventy five were children at one point the u.s. military argued that everyone who was killed in the operations was a militant some believe this stems from americans ignorance in matters concerning foreign cultures what generally happens in the tribal areas every person that walks around almost an example to see in clothes if you wear a white or

a color chilliwack amused which is that your grass and every tribal person carries a weapon and forty seven which is. officially pakistan acknowledges the need to wipe out terrorists in the area but is adamantly against such a broad military action on its territory something they have been very vocal about it on strikes are not. going to conduct. good in under four months very. good because answering washington is quick to hit back with threats of cutting out french aid an important factor in its relationship with islamabad and the pakistan boasts a nuclear arsenal the admit it's hardly the answer to their financial woes and islamabad temper is running out when twenty four pakistani soldiers were killed in the u.s. led air strike last year the country closed down the nato supply route for seven months. and reopened it only after an official apology from the u.s.

secretary of state the united states henry manipulated cynically manipulated and used forces is unprepared when the same forces follow their own political or religious agenda the u.s. seems to have the options either stop the sense some sense from the attacks. one hundred sixty. was hard to us since. we can't see this stuff and this was stuck to the us wasn't. and us made a career a shot from the pocket nationalists four of us pakistan's first political lobbying group he says that what interns are responsible for both the deadly drone strikes and actually the militants the targeting. this is a major blow. to diplomacy and position in pakistan and this is the first time that a senior official actually come out to say this make this kind of a statement that the majority are civilians who are killed by drones there's no

evidence that the drones have actually helped buckstone control the militants on the contrary pakistan has been very much very successful lives in the military in flushing out a terrorist from the northern region of so wide back in two thousand and nine and clearing and cleaning up that entire area and if now we see a resurgence of some of the activity of the terrorists it is because of these safe havens on the what i would call the american side of the border which is the afghan side of the border under the watch of the u.s. army where these terrorists who are flushed out by fox and army are maintaining now resting and training camps over there so i think the pakistani government appears now to be putting the blame in a way on the on the americans and i think that would be the gist of the report published by the pakistani media today about the meeting which was a closed door meeting of the box any military commanders accusing it or mentioning for the first time by the way a figure ninety six incursions from the of gun territory into parks done resulting

in killing of boxing soldiers and bugs and civilians this is all too thanks for joining us today still ahead for you in the program of the two main u.s. presidential candidates obama and romney certainly getting their act together for the last jewel and pushing the challenges those to the margins plus about the road a wave of violence your stare at the protests european leaders say to take control of our own six thousand banks by creating a centralized supervisor that much more after a short break. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than. it is a way of life traditionally the people are. herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in. another

week. depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the ta to see here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job for the people in fact it's a part of their entire culture heritage and way of life and that they can use almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. the deer is a means of transportation. for the outside and. the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the district for boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized

grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected environment the school was founded. a scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education many say they don't want to trade the modern life. i have returned to the times and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. this is r.t. live from moscow and unrest continues in bahrain where another pro-democracy rally

is being held in the capital a policeman in the meantime has died of injuries following a terrorist attack during an anti government protest on thursday demonstrations have been going on now for more than twenty months often spilling into violence and the alleged heavy handedness of the security forces is continuing online with four activists arrested on wednesday for posting twitter messages defaming the king activist asyut user for out of a huff the who's taking part in today's rally says the country's interior ministry maybe spreading false information about police casualties in order to justify crackdowns. against the quite nice it's happening but this did about the policeman was de weese didn't go to the. studio to. get this from that believes you know this story is just peachy to me this is here we have bush before we get to

this doing you want we've been we are you see out of what we've been the biggest deal with it was you for instance that we should use that to justify. the distance many people feel about it we are disappointed that this is the only definition of. the things we think of so that's why we want to push or this is a good example of the. east to to support democracy. to work with. they have thinking. just decide. well if you have to r.t. dot com you can find out a broad variety of information on stories for example playing too much x. box could lead to a house arrest or even a job in intelligence on. you told the story of how the u.k. government plans to use computer game addicted teenagers as the future of backbone of the country's cyber security service. as

a piece of common ground online we've got the story of the russian settlement of mocking is two hundred anniversary but where is it it's in north america. there was a change of pace in the battle of words between u.s. presidential candidates barack obama and mitt romney who laid down their arms and traded jokes to the charity fundraiser but the debates though are still causing a big buzz and even bigger t.v. ratings there is criticism though that challengers from outside the two major parties almost never appear in televised confrontations the green party's jill stein appears on eighty five percent of the ballots across the country but when she and her running mate were arrested for trying to gain entrance to the ladies debate there was little or no immediate reaction when man skied the green party's campaign manager believes the tea party domination is due to all dated lows but more importantly that of corporate control. the reality is that there's nothing in our constitution which prevents a multi-party system from emerging here in the u.s.

but we do have laws on the books all across the country and we also have the actions of private corporations that have grown up over the last sixty years to prevent independent parties from challenging the two establishment parties here in the united states the laws that we have in the books prevent or make it very difficult for independent parties to get on the ballot to give voters that choice those laws date from the cold war and they date from the mccarthy era in which there was a fear of communism and socialism and they tried to make it very difficult for progressive party some particular to emerge here at the green party we have overcome many of those challenges jill stein is on eighty five percent of the ballots yet they're still preventing her from taking part in the debate if you look at the success of the green party despite all the obstacles we face it says that there is a great demand for the greens people vote for the greens here in the u.s. . well on r.t. dot com you can follow the latest events in the u.s. election monday we start our own special coverage of the ongoing battle between the

candidates bringing you constant analysis. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran tight rope pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads to two parties still dictate will be there for. you a selection of clothes they are t. beginning of two hundred twenty second just a moment on the r.t. world update for now more powers to brussels and less to national regulators european leaders have agreed on a deal that would bring centralized banking supervision to the continent the e.u. summit is now into its second day in brussels for talks on thursday there were marred by fresh protests in europe tens of thousands of greeks descended on athens as a nationwide strike got underway clashing with police one protester died of a heart attack amid the scuffles and in madrid parents teachers and students all

marched in condemnation of impending government cuts to education capping three days of industrial action for journalist tom killed the summer decision is a direct threat to the democratic foundations of you. as a bigger time. principles that of course is part and parcel of the of the whole process of european integration for quite some time now. with the removal of monetary and fiscal policy from now from governments effectively since the creation of things. has been a huge democratic deficit current proposals that will give more power to elected officials. from. power to. stronger states. is fundamentally undemocratic rolling back. the whole principles of what. integration most about when it was founded not long after the second world war.

australia has revealed it's been sharing intelligence on. one of its most talked about citizens julian or songe with washington for around two years now that the exchange apparently started straight after wiki leaks published secret u.s. military reports on the war in afghanistan as our jim self earlier accused his home nation of betrayal and pandering to america would you claims wants him behind bars or even dead wiki leaks has been holed up in ecuador's london embassy for exactly four months now and despite being granted political asylum by the south american nation he's unable to leave the building because of britain's threat of arrest or extradition from war and julian assad has legal battles as well as all the episodes of his exclusive r.t. program just head to our website r.t. talk. or the heading now into northern afghanistan to start of the r.t. world update it's where nineteen people were killed when a roadside bomb detonated under a passing bus fifteen more were injured and the passengers were traveling to

a wedding at this point no one has claimed responsibility it's not even clear yet if the wedding guests were the intended victims. suspected al qaeda government have attacked a military base in southern yemen killing at least thirteen soldiers and losing the same number of their own men the battle started with a car bomb blast before militants continued their offensive on the coastal base from sea the region has seen fierce fighting between the army and al-qaeda as the country tries to control the militants. the u.s. military chief in japan has imposed a night curfew on the personnel it follows the arrest of two american officers suspected of raping a japanese woman on the southern island the u.s. military in japan has a history of alleged criminal behavior which has caused tension between the states for decades. that in just a few minutes here on r t a quick look at what's happening in the world of business

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was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot. doesn't give a darn about anything turns mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. dish is why you should care only dot com. hello there welcome to business as our us that is poised to become the biggest oil producer in the world if the russian oil giant finds out the russian braces have to pay and face a billion dollar bill hall prevalence ratings are taking place in london right now his artie's pay to all of a with all the details on. that deal is expected to cost somewhere in the region of between twenty five and twenty eight billion dollars they're not going to make that kind of money for selling bonds however they could make that it's made around six hundred fifty million from the sale of bonds everything which would help towards

trying to convince b.p. that they should sell less fifty percent share in t.n. k b p two rolls next you know they say there's no reward without risk and the risk that rolls never could be taking comes in the form of debt now if they take over all of t. and k p p they would be in debt to help words of sixty billion dollars so that would be hoping in relying on a high oil price in order for them to get some kind of good return from their investment in terms of what b.p. wants out of this deal what they would be looking to get is they don't want to pull out of russia entirely they just want out of their partnership is part of t. and k. b p will they go to be looking for though as a shareholder lift all important potentially lucrative exploration rights in the arctic the rights to go and look for oil there commenting on the detail fast to see prime minister a possible. has confirmed that the heavyweight energy giant rosneft will soon go

public with this market would have to the government has been thinking about selling. or in two thousand and fourteen was what we do believe that when the market conditions are correct. it will definitely. check out wall street bankers they are now moving and shaking and having cell biology only twenty five year anniversary of black monday the day that the dow jones probably twenty the way to said it today is the tech stocks that are causing all the problems got microsoft failing to impress with their corporate results we've also got the situation in europe taking hold as well euro leaders agreed on a banking regulation timetables so investors digesting that news over in the states well the losers fell to discuss further aid for spain which is outweighing that agreement and that's why we're looking at the coins for europe the euro is still

managing to soak but against the u.s. dollar as a result we've got the ruble as well in the last twenty minutes or so of trade and it looks set to close up the mix. as well because they already have the game of course we kept this finally afternoon and again they are set to finish up on the dow now coming up here in our t.v. school lucifer interview we discuss the latest shift in global politics with the u.n. general assembly president staging for the. the general assembly is the main deliberative organ of the united nations one hundred ninety three countries belong and the art of diplomacy is constantly tested the new president at the helm of this sixty seven session is thirty seven year olds. he said but the past five years as serbia's foreign minister today he deals with the

world's problems sitting down exclusively now with r t mr president thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. thank you very much indeed my pleasure you have assumed the presidency position in a very difficult time these days many would argue that the un. is dealing with somewhat of a crisis in confidence many see the institution as a stage where disagreements are more often displayed rather than all parties seeking or coming to any kind of agreement or solution the most obvious example here's the crisis in syria is the un more about preventing international military interventions rather than resolving conflicts with what i witnessed in the last few weeks was a deliberation after delegation and i had the chance to talk to almost everybody and the last couple weeks ninety one by a lot of the meetings there was ninety one belittle meetings and then in a week it was it was.